Daughter's fitting tribute to much-loved mum

Leigh Pentland raises money for the Beatson in memory of brave Lyn

A devoted daughter is paying tribute to her courageous mum almost six months to the day since she lost her battle with cancer.

Leigh Pentland is determined to raise as much money for the Beatson after the support which the unit gave to mum Lyn, 60, and her family.

Brave
Lyn, from Alexandria, was diagnosed with cancer for the third time in just three years last spring and had fundraised for the unit by asking family and friends to make a donation to the charity instead of giving her gifts.

Now Leigh is keen
to repay staff at the specialist centre in Glasgow for the care they provided to her beloved mum who passed away in September.

She
told the Lennox Herald: “The staff at the Beatson are absolutely worth their weight in gold. I can’t speak highly enough of them. The treatment
they gave my mum, particularly in her last few days, was amazing.

“The comfort we took from that and the fact that my dad could be with her on that last night was really important.”

Leigh
and dad Neil have many fond memories of Lyn, who battled her condition bravely until the end, including taking part in a medical trial which is
hoped will help cancer patients in future.

After
completing the Race For Life with family and friends, raising £2000 for
Cancer Research, Lyn’s next goal was to celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary with husband Neil in September.

Leigh
said: “The Friends of the Beatson gave us use of the area to have a party. My mum managed to stay there for about an hour. All of her sisters and family and friends came up. They supplied tea and coffee and
we had a cake and sandwiches.

“That was on the Sunday and unfortunately on the Monday the oncologist came to see my mum.”

Sadly,
one final treatment which doctors had tried on Lyn to help prolong her life hadn’t worked as well as hoped and she passed away in the early hours of the Wednesday morning.

Now,
six months on and just a couple of weeks before what would have been Lyn’s 61st birthday, Leigh, family and friends will remember her fondly while raising money for the charity which helped her so much at the sold-out event. Leigh said: “There will be 80s and 90s music playing and
hopefully everyone will be up all night as that’s what my mum would have liked.”

There will be raffles and prize draws on the night involving some massive prizes including a £500 holiday voucher.

Leigh added: “I can’t thank everyone enough for how generous they have been with donating prizes.”